06/07/04
- Fabulous fights Saturday night, June 5, 2004. The IKF representative,
Dan Stell, who also served as the official referee for the fights,
wrote the following article for the IKF website, www.ikfkickboxing.com
IKF Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: WOW! What an awesome show IKF
Promoter Craig Lamanna and the crew from the MuayThai
Institute of Kunponli put on! Let me tell you, personally
these were some of the best MuayThai fights I have ever seen!
The crowd of around 450 people (inside the MuayThai
Institute of Kunponli's gym) brought the roof down!
Along with the MuayThai, Craig also had some USA Amateur boxing
bouts. With a lot of these fighters fighting for their first
time, you can tell from their bouts they came from quality trainers
of Muay Thai. Here are the results of the Muay Thai bouts.....
1. Terry Begay (MTIK,
1-0) wins her amateur debut by defeating Emily Bloedel (Evolution,
0-1, 135) by unanimous decision.
2. Jesse Sielhorst (MTIK,
1-0) won his amateur debut by TKO at 1:27 of round 2 over Ray
Locquiao (SMT/ Vegas, 0-1, 140)
3. Dear Kanthawong (MTIK,
1-2) defeated Prudence Fisher (Nick/ Vegas, 0-1) 105. Dear got
her first win over a game Prudence Fisher. Dear dedicated this
fight to her father Sem for his birthday.
4. Chris Mickleson (SMT/ Vegas, 1-0) wins his amateur
debut with a bell ending 2nd round TKO over Brian Wieber (Idaho,
3-1, 195)
5. Elohym Sims (Nick/ Vegas, 6-0, 235) keeps his undefeated
record running with a unanimous decision victory over Joe Cunliffe
(MTIK, 2-3). This was a
rematch from earlier this year. Cunliffe tried everything to
win, even an elbow in the neck which, as the bout referee I
(Dan Stell) warned him not to use, since there were no elbows
allowed in the bout. In the 3rd round I was forced to penalized
Cunliffe for once again the use of his elbow.
6. Robby Wyatt (MTIK,
4-0) keeps his undefeated record going with a majority decision
win over Joel Cloarek (Bunkerd/ CA, 6-5) This my friends would
have to be the greatest MuayThai fight I've ever seen! These
guys came out throwing everything.... Quick jabs, left hooks,
straight rights, knees coming from everywhere, body kicks and
an awesome display of head kicks. Possibly the MuayThai fight
of the year! Now lets see if they bring this talent to the North
American Classic!
7. Boy Faphiamai (Bunkerd/ CA, 2-0) keeps his undefeated
record with a unanimous decision win over Matt May (Idaho, 13-4,
145). With a very tough Matt May coming at you and your hitting
him with everything you have and he keeps on coming, put Faphiamai
in a very tough bout. Faphiamai just showed a lot of patience
and battled May off well for this only being his second fight.
All the fight gear was supplied by Airmonkey Gear! Airmonkey
is a new Gear Company created by Lamanna and has had great success
with the Muay Thai crowds. For more info on Airmonkey Gear and
to see their products go to www.airmonkey.com
For more event info on the event, please contact Mr. Craig Lamanna
at (801) 474-3136 or by e-mail at admin@thaiboxutah.com
or go to their web page at www.ThaiBoxUtah.com
Once again to Craig, Thank You for a very enjoyable evening
of Great MuayThai.
03/08/04 - It has been confirmed
that the Muay Thai Institute of Kunponli
is going to host the Utah State championships in golden gloves
boxing! Stay tuned for more info!
03/02/04 - Check out the
pics from MTIK's "Love
and War" fight series in the image
gallery!
02/25/04 - The International
Kickboxing Federation calls the Muay
Thai Institute of Kunponli "The best kickboxing
facility in the world!" Get the whole story on the articles
page.
02/21/04 - For those of you that did not know, the
Muay Thai Institute of Kunponli
had Steve Fossum the President of the IKF (International
Kickboxing Federation) here at our Saturday night fights
on Feb 21st, 2004.
MTIK and all associated
with us would like to thank Mr. Fossum for attending our fights
and for being the IKF representative. Mr. Fossum was nothing
but the ultimate professional. His knowledge of the fight game
is next to none. Mr. Fossum was able to quote any and every
rule and regulation regarding fights. He helped us to bring
yet another level of professionalism to our fight promotions.
Mr. Fossum Was very impressed with our fights and how they were
run. The Muay Thai Institute of Kunponli
and the IKF will be doing business together for many more years
to come. Once again the Muay Thai Institute
of Kunponli would like to thank Mr. Fossum and the
IKF for being there and their willingness to help promote the
art of Muay Thai.
02/22/04 - "Love and
War," our Saturday night fights, were a huge success! After,
all but two fights were canceled do to injury four days before
the event we lined up some of the best fights we have ever had,
and had the most successful night yet.
Results:
EXHIBITION: J. D. Filiaga (65 lbs.) Vs Timothy "Junior"
Ruesga (65 lbs.), Both from the Muay Thai Institute, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
AM MTR: Jose Garcia, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2-0/0, 156,
5'6", 36, Master Toddy, defeated Ryan Luper, Salt Lake
City, Utah, USA, 0-1, 156, 6', 25, Sakasam, by unanimous decision,
29-28, 29-28, 30-28.
AM MTR: Marcus Kimsey, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 1-0/0,
160, 6'3", 27, Sakasam, defeated Bruce Sherrod, San Francisco,
California, USA, 0-1/0, 163, 5'7", 32, Boonkerd Faphmai
by unanimous decision, 30-27 on all 3 judges cards.
AM MTR: Polly Harris, Salt Lake City, Nevada, USA, 2-0/1,
128, 5'6", 37, Sakasam, defeated Daria Roseles, Napma,
Idaho, USA, 0-1/0, 124, 5'3", 26, Chris Reyna, by TKO in
round 3 - Corner threw towel in.
AM MTR: Robby Wyatt, Salt Lake City, Nevada, USA, 3-0/0,
150, 5'7", 24, Sakasam, defeated Chris Albea, San Francisco,
California, USA, 1-2/0, 149, 5'8", 23, Boonkerd Faphmai
by unanimous decision, 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28
AM MTR: Matt May, Napma, Idaho, USA, 9-2/5, 144, 5' 10",
20, Chris Rena, defeated Marom "Whop" May, Salt Lake
City, Nevada, USA, 4-4/1, 144, 5'6", 20, Sakasam, by TKO
at 1:23 of round 4.
AM MTR: Dan Green, Provo, Utah, USA, 8-3/4, 180, 6'1",
27, Jason Farrish, defeated Arthur Wong, San Francisco, California,
USA, 9-2/1, 180, 5'10", 27, Boonkerd Faphmai by unanimous
decision, 48-47, 50-45, 50-45.
We were able to have our friends Bunkerd Faphimai of Fight
and Fitness in San Francisco; Enn Fairtex of Fairtex San Francisco;
and Luukchang of Master Toddy's in Las Vegas, bring some of
their students to compete that night. Steve Fossum, president
of the IKF, was also in attendance as the IKF Representative.
We would like to thank these gentlemen for coming out.
To the fighters who put their hearts into the ring that night,
we thank you. We know how time consuming and how mentally
and physically challenging it all is to prepare yourself for
the ring. All of you were amazing and without you, we could
not have events like this. Again, thank you!
We would also like to thank all of you who attended the fights.
We appreciate all of your enthusiasm and support. Hearing
and seeing the excitement of the crowd is what keeps us motivated
in planning these events.
Last but not least, we would like to thank all of you who
gave up your time to help us with the fights. Sem and Trish
are especially grateful for everybody's help; it allowed them
to concentrate on the fights and the fighters. So, thank you…
Ryan Richards, Josh Brockbank, Josh Goldberg, Jeremy Anderson,
Mike Hanson, Susan Quiratnes, A.J. Quirantes, Becca Collard
, Jenny Adams, Chase Adams, Dennis Quintana, Emily Smith, Chris
Smith, Tyler Buehner, Terry Begay, Chris Nuttal,l Masi Fuka,
Brett Turner, Jason McGrew, Dave Matheson, Sage Anderson, Pari
Mashkuri (Fight Doctor), Ehsan Hadjbian (Fight Doctor), Griffen
Reynaud (Judge), Jennifer Howell (Judge), Jeremy Horn (Judge)
We will be bringing you more events of this nature in the
near future. We are in the process of potentially holding
and sponsoring with the IKF (www.ikfkickboxing.com),
the North Mountain Regionals if all goes as planned. We hope
to see you all very soon. Continue to check www.thaiboxutah.com
for upcoming events. Again thanks for your support.
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